Tori Rose
My upstairs neighbor shot a bullet through my ceiling! Can I break my lease?
As the subject says, my upstairs neighbor owns a gun that was loaded by a drunken acquaintance last Saturday around 1:30 am. The neighbor then went to disassemble the weapan and not realizing it was loaded, discharge...
Jerome Kaidor
Jury Trials
All,
A disturbing trend here in the SF Bay Area. You file an eviction on someone, they demand a jury trial. It only costs them a $150 deposit to do so. If they convince the Court that they are low incom...
Saikhantal Yu
Am I responsible when contractors I hired broke tenants' stuff?
Hi all,Recently I hired an independent contractor (great reviews on Yelp) to fix a few appliances in the kitchen. Things were fixed perfectly, however, the contractor brought some minor damages, for example, scratchin...
Account Closed
Main Sewer Line: What Would You Do?
Greetings Everyone,I wanted to post about a recent challenge I had with a main sewer line – 100 year old house, PVC pipes inside -> terra cotta outside. The tenants notified me that an overflow occurred at the out...
Manuel De la llata
Under Contract, but NEEEED advice!
Good evening guys, so as the title says we got a property under contract. Technically its 3 adjacent parcels which is a little over .75 acres. Two are are corner lots and one is facing a main street which can also go ...
Ella Lan
Rookie- Need advice on investment with foundation problem
Hi BP community, Rookie here looking to close on my first out of state deal. The numbers look great and it's in a solid neighborhood in Columbus Ohio area. However, there are foundation problems with the duplex. Hopin...
Danny Deatherage
Options to getting our 1st rental property
I am torn on what to do in acquiring our first rental property. My wife and I spent the last 2 years remodeling our fixer upper and are fortunate enough to now have a wonderful home in a great neighborhood w/ great sc...
Jake Kucheck
So If Your Tenant Dies...
... do you need to give their heirs the security deposit or how does that work?
Emilio Ramirez
Refrigerator Went Out While We Were Out of the Country
My wife and I manage our own properties and were out of the country when a tenants refrigerator went out. We had our Dad go check it out and he seemed to think it was running fine. The tenant claims that it was runnin...
Adam Ramsey
Leaking Block Foundation
Hi All,I'm looking at a house that has a block foundation. It's an older home, 1930's, and the block looks in rough shape (probably just from being old). However, there are noticeable cracks and there has been water l...